#BBAECC#BBAECC

#BBAECC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.044 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAECC
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 10.34, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 17.02, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0255 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.044 305)
XYZ	xyz(46.5267, 45.1966, 63.3877)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAECC #BFCCAE

analogous

#AEB0CC #BBAECC #CAAECC

triadic

#BBAECC #CCBBAE #AECCBB

tetradic

#BBAECC #CCAEB0 #BFCCAE #AECCCA

square

#BBAECC #CCAEB0 #BFCCAE #AECCCA

split-complementary

#BBAECC #CCCAAE #B0CCAE

monochromatic

#7C639D #9B88B4 #BBAECC #DBD4E4 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBAECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAECC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAECC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.044 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6db',
    500: '#bbaecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaecc;
$custom-light: #cfc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77134,
    "c": 0.04444,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.45197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAECC

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A14479

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAECC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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